26 Jul
2008
26 Jul
'08
9:03 p.m.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:39:12 -0500
"Eric Shattow" <lucent(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To get a more accurate idea of block errors, use a
quality drive like
a Plextor and Robert Fuller's https://gna.org/projects/cued software.
My Plextor 712-SA does the trick. Be aware that the firmware of
Plextor drives does some error correction to achieve the extremely
low jitter.
HA forums are awash with positive remarks about EAC (Exact Audio Copy
on Windows OS) being the best software, but it's unmaintained and
does not do a very good job of ripping CD audio.
Also, there is no fully capable software to rip/write CD media on a
modern *nix OS in raw96 mode. Without this mode, you don't have any
way of knowing what errors are actually existent on the media being
produced (or read). Most drives cook the error correction in various
ways when ripping in other modes. The official specifications for CD
media formats are costly and not easy to obtain.
What kind of deal does your friend get, that is worth all this
trouble?
Uh, that app is new to me, up until now I thought that rubyripper is
the best choice on linux. I haven't tried this one or rubyripper in a
while tough, may both be worth a try.
At the HA forums is a lot of talk about EAC, yes, but afaik these days
people there tend to use the commercial dbpoweramp. I think that it's
considered better than EAC. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't know
of other serious choices for windows.
Also, the often used as secure-ripper-on-linux-backend cdparanoia is
spoken of nicely.
It's news to me that libcdio is capable of bearing better results.
I really like to hear more about capable tools for linux.
Best Regards,
Philipp